Registering attachment for barber&#39;s chairs.



P. AMADEO.

REGISTERING ATTACHMENT FOR BARBERS' CHAIRS.

AAAAAAAA ION FILED SEPT. 17,1912.

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REGISTERING ATTACHMENT FOR BARBERS CHAIRS.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT.17,1912.

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PAUL A MADEO,

OF SHENANDOAH, PENNSYLVANIA.

REGISTERING ATTACHMENT FOR BARBERS CHAIRS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 30, 1914.

Application filed September 17, 1912. Serial No. 720,?20.

To all whom it may concern:

, Be it known that I, PAUL AMADEO, a subject of the King of Italy, residing at Shenandoah, in the county of Schuylkill and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Registering Attachments for Barbers Chairs, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in registering attachments for barbers chairs, the object of the invention being to provide a simple and efficient device which automatically registers in dollars and cents, shaves and hair-cuts.

A further object is to provide an improved register of this character in which the shaves are registered by the movement of the chair back and the hair-cuts by the raising and lowering of the chair seat.

A further object is to provide a register of this character which sounds a bell at every operation, and which is constructed to prevent fraudulent practices, enabling the proprietor and the barbers to keep an accurate account, and prevent any disputes as to the work done.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in certain novel features of construction and combinations and arrangements of parts as will be more fully hereinafter described and pointed out in the claims. 7

f In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a view in rear elevation of an ordinary barbers chair illustrating my improvements connected thereto. Fig. 2 is a view in side elevation on an enlarged scale of my improved register detached. Fig. 8 is a view infront elevation of the same with the cover removed. Fig. 4 is a detail view in elevation illustrating the bell and its sounding means. Fig. 5 is a view in vertical section through the casing illustrating the operating mechanism in elevation. Fig. 6 is a view in section on the line 66 of Fig. 5. Fig. 7 is a perspective view of one of the sliding bars 26, and Fig. 8 is a View in section on the line 8-8 of Fig. 5.

1 represents the supporting base of an ordinary barbers chair provided with the hollow column 2 in which a plunger 8 is movable and supports the seat 4 of the chair.

5 is the back of thechair which is pivotally connected to the seat in any approved manner, and I would have it understood that the details of construction of the chair are immaterial as my invention is adapted for use in connect-ion with any ordinary, barbers chair, the one shown being for purposes of illustration only.

My improved register is provided with a casing 6 which is secured to the column 2 by means of straps 7, the attaching means being of course, immaterial. The casing 6 is divided by partitions 8 into two chambers 9 and 10 respectively, and in these chambers registering mechanisms are located, said registering mechanisms being precisely alike in construction and operation, and hence the description of one will apply alike to both.

In each of the chambers 9 and 10, shafts 11 are mounted, and on these shafts 11 cylinders 12 are secured. These cylinders c011 tain on their periphery, numerals indicating hair-cuts and shaves respectively. In other words, one of these cylinders 12 is adapted to record in dollars and cents the hair-cuts and the other the shaves which are given to customers in the chair to whichthe register is connected.

The numerals, of course, will vary in accordance with the amount charged for shaves and hair-cuts, but the total amounts will be exposed through slots 13 in an angle plate 14: fixed in the front of the casing. This angle plate is normally closed by a hinged cover 15 having a suitable lock, the key 16 of which being shown in the look, but which is normally removed and in the possession of the proprietor of the shop. 7 Gear wheels 17 are secured on the shafts 11 and mesh with pinions 18 on shafts 19. These pinions are engaged by the teeth of ratchet wheels 20 on the shafts 21 and the ratchet wheels 20 are held against accidental movement by pivoted pawls 22 which are held in engagement with the ratchet wheel by means of springs 23. These springs are connected at one end to the pawls and at their other ends to partitions 24 spaced from the'rear wall of the casing and located in the upper portion thereof and constituting guides which limit the lateral movement of bars 26.

The bars 26, one of which is shown in Fig. 7 have recesses 25 to receive the teeth of ratchet wheels 20, so that when a bar is moved longitudinally it will cause the ratchet wheel to turna distance of one tooth. such motion being transmitted through the pinion 18 to gear 17 and cylinder 12.

The upper end of the bar 26 which operates the hair-cut register is connected by a. link 27 with the chair bottom 4, while the bar 26 which operates the shave register is connected by a link 28 with the chair back 5. Hence, one of these bars is caused to move longitudinally by the raising and lowering of the chair which is always done when cutting hair, and the other bar is operated by the lowering and raising of the chair back, which operation is always carried out when a customer is shaved.

' The bars 26 have a certain amount of lateral movement toward and away from the ratchet wheels 20 to allow them to position themselves i operative engagement with the ratchet wheels when the bars are lowered and coiled springs 29 connect these bars with the shaft 19 and exert a normal downward pull upon the bars. The springs have hooked ends so that they do not interfere with the turning movement of the shaft, and I would have it understood 7 that if desired, these shafts may be stationary and the pinions turn thereon. The said springs project through slots 30 in the partitions 24:.

Laterally projecting arms 31 are secured I to the bars 26, and project through the slots 30. These arms are provided with pivoted trips 32 which pivot only when the bar moves downward, and are held against pivotal movement when the bar moves upwardly. These trips 30 in their upward movement engage lugs 33 on pivoted arms 84. These arms 34 are connected by springs 35 with the shafts l9, and clappers 36 are secured to said arms and are adapted when the arms are moved downwardly by the springs to strike bells 37 to indicate that the register has operated. It will thus be seen that when the bar 26 moves upwardly, it will cause the bell to be sounded, and this upward movement of the bar will cause the hair cut or shave cylinder 12 to turn, as the case may be, and register the haircut or shave.

Various slight changes might be made in the general form and arrangement of parts described without departing from my in- Vention, and hence I do not limit myself to the precise details set forth, but consider myself at liberty to make such changes and alterations as fairly fall within the spirit and scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A registering attachment for barbers chairs comprising a casing divided into two chambers, a hair cut register in one chamber, a shave register in the other chamber, vertical partitions in said chambers spaced from the rear walls of the chambers, bars movable through the top of the casing and located between the partitions and the rear walls of the casing, register operating toothed wheels in the chambers project' into the spaces between the partition an the rear wall of the chamber, said bars having recesses therein to receive the teeth of the toothed wheels, and springs normally ressing said bars against the partition and in operative engagement with the toothed wheels, substantially as described,

2. A registering attachment for barbers chairs comprising a casing divided into two chambers, a hair cut register in one chamber, a shave register in the other chamber, vertical partitions in said chambers spaced from the rear walls of the chambers, bars movable through the top of the casing and located between the partitions and the rear walls of the casing, register operating toothed wheels in the chambers projecting into the spaces between the partition and the rear wall of the chamber, said bars having recesses therein to receive the teeth of the toothed wheels, said partitions having openings therein, and 5 rings projected through the openings in t e partitions and secured to the bars, said springs holding the bars normally against the partition, and adapted to return the bars to normal position when moved longitudinally, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

PAUL AMADEO.

Witnesses:

ISRAEL LISWEIN, ANTHONY J. DUGAN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for in cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

. Washington, D. G. 

